Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623 – August 19,1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. Pascal was a child prodigy, who was educated by his father. Pascal's earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences, where he made important contributions to the construction of mechanical calculators and the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum by expanding the work of Evangelista Torricelli. Pascal also wrote powerfully in defense of the scientific method.

He was a mathematician of the first order. Pascal helped create two major new areas of research. He wrote a significant treatise on the subject of projective geometry at the age of sixteen and corresponded with Pierre de Fermat from 1654 on probability theory, strongly influencing the development of modern economics and social science.

Following a mystical experience in late 1654, he left mathematics and physics and devoted himself to reflection and writing about philosophy and theology. His two most famous works date from this period: the Lettres provinciales and the Pensées. However, he had suffered from ill-health throughout his life and his new interests were ended by his early death two months after his 39th birthday.

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#quote #citar La fortuna es completamente incierto dominado por el capital de la operación. - Blaise Pascal
spanishfortune (Spanish Fortune) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:55:03 -0000
#quote #citar La fortuna es completamente incierto dominado por el capital de la operación. - Blaise Pascal
We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.Blaise Pascal http://budurl.com/9yn3
JubilantHeart (Jessie Leons) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:44:16 -0000
We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.Blaise Pascal http://budurl.com/9yn3
The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.Blaise Pascal http://bit.ly/gb9c7
JubilantHeart (Jessie Leons) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:19:13 -0000
The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.Blaise Pascal http://bit.ly/gb9c7
"Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary." - Blaise Pascal
fastwebprofits (Wayne Lambert) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:37:17 -0000
"Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary." - Blaise Pascal
RT @fastselfhelp: "It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory." - Blaise Pascal
Papa_Shango (Papa Shango) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:33:00 -0000
RT @fastselfhelp: "It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory." - Blaise Pascal
"Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other." - Blaise Pascal
fastwebprofits (Wayne Lambert) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:11:14 -0000
"Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other." - Blaise Pascal

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